Lancashire win the county championship (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Lancashire win the county championship
5:10pm Thursday 15th September 2011 in Sport
GOT HIM Lancashire celebrate after Tom Smith catches out Somerset captain Alfonso Thomas
Lancashire have this afternoon won their first County Championship cricket title for 77 years.
Warwickshire started the day as favourites, needing just to match Lancashire's result to take the crown.
However, despite making Hampshire follow on, they were frustrated on the final day at the Rose Bowl as the match ended in a draw.
Openers Stephen Moore and Paul Horton set Lancashire on their way with 71 and 55 respectively in the second innings at Somerset.
And around 5.10pm, Lancashire passed their target of 211 to win the match by eight wickets.
The winning runs, hit by Steven Croft, sparked jubilant scenes.
Lancashire took 23 points to Somerset's 5 and in the end took the title by a seemingly comfortable 11 points.
The last Red Rose title triumph was in 1934, though they also shared it in 1950.
Comments(8)
MerlinTheVoiceofReason2
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6:35pm Thu 15 Sep 11
Langho blue
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6:53pm Thu 15 Sep 11
Accy Phil
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7:35pm Thu 15 Sep 11
Dickiepayshey
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8:01pm Thu 15 Sep 11
Fantastic.
Well done lads, and thanks !!!!!
itsgettinggrimmerupnorth
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8:32pm Thu 15 Sep 11
carrman2
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11:20pm Thu 15 Sep 11
Just Dennis
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11:44pm Thu 15 Sep 11
As a very young schoolboy I remember the tied championship with Surrey in 1950 and ever since have followed Lancs in those great and sometimes desperate years which have flown by.
Who amongst us supporters can ever fail to wonder why in those halcyon years of the Gillette Cup winning era when BBC TV could hardly resist presenting us for pure entertainment value,we could never clinch the County Championship.
Was it the weather-perhaps yes -as surely the likes of Clive Lloyd,Farokh Engineer,Frank Hayes,David Lloyd,Barry Wood,Harry Pilling,Peter Lee,Peter Lever,Jack Simmons et al were surely worthy of coming good.
But it was never to be until today when a team of youngsters led by our captain and link with the old days Glen Chapple performed the miracle.
After the initial euphoria had passed,I have to confess to sitting quietly alone and shedding a joyful tear
Robbie says...
5:45pm Thu 15 Sep 11
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